Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 615 735
Rank change year-on-year +8 +120 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 83 57 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53 36 70
10th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -20.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £104,500 £86,250 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 66,132 41,732 74,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,854 22,904 57,825
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,472 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.36%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -3 77 £80,000 +14.29% 25
London +37 50 £85,000 +36.00% 14
UK excluding London -16 26 £70,000 -9.68% 14
Work from Home +28 21 £80,000 +3.23% 16
Midlands -2 10 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England - 10 £72,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 9 £70,000 - 2
East Midlands -25 6 £70,000 +7.69%
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
Scotland - 3 £90,000 -
South East -27 2 £85,000 +9.68% 6
East of England 0 1 - - 4
North West - 1 £90,000 - 1

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 March 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (33.73%) AI
2 28 (33.73%) Test Automation
3 26 (31.33%) AWS
4 25 (30.12%) OOP
5 19 (22.89%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 19 (22.89%) C++
5 19 (22.89%) Flask
5 19 (22.89%) Linux
5 19 (22.89%) Low Latency
5 19 (22.89%) OO
5 19 (22.89%) Order Management
6 18 (21.69%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (20.48%) React
8 15 (18.07%) Azure
9 14 (16.87%) Django
10 13 (15.66%) GitHub
10 13 (15.66%) Software Engineering
11 12 (14.46%) Agile
11 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
11 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
11 12 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (13.25%) Serverless
13 10 (12.05%) Docker
13 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
13 10 (12.05%) SQL
14 9 (10.84%) Containerisation
14 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (10.84%) FastAPI
14 9 (10.84%) HTML

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.33%) AWS
2 15 (18.07%) Azure
3 13 (15.66%) GitHub
4 11 (13.25%) Serverless
5 8 (9.64%) Azure AI
5 8 (9.64%) SaaS
6 4 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.41%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (2.41%) Azure AKS
7 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) Internet
2 1 (1.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) GitLab
1 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (27.71%) Finance
2 19 (22.89%) Front Office
3 5 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.61%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.41%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.20%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.89%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 19 (22.89%) Flask
2 17 (20.48%) React
3 14 (16.87%) Django
4 9 (10.84%) FastAPI
4 9 (10.84%) HTML
5 7 (8.43%) CSS
6 5 (6.02%) REST
7 4 (4.82%) AngularJS
7 4 (4.82%) OAuth
7 4 (4.82%) OAuth2
7 4 (4.82%) OpenID
7 4 (4.82%) Vue
8 3 (3.61%) Node.js
9 1 (1.20%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.71%) Data Structures
2 20 (24.10%) Algorithms
3 19 (22.89%) Equities
3 19 (22.89%) Hedge funds
3 19 (22.89%) Management Information System
4 12 (14.46%) Cloud Native
5 11 (13.25%) Educational Technology
6 8 (9.64%) PropTech
7 4 (4.82%) PKI
8 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.41%) NHS
9 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
9 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.73%) AI
1 28 (33.73%) Test Automation
2 25 (30.12%) OOP
3 19 (22.89%) Low Latency
3 19 (22.89%) OO
3 19 (22.89%) Order Management
4 18 (21.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (15.66%) Software Engineering
6 12 (14.46%) Agile
6 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
6 12 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.84%) Containerisation
7 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
8 8 (9.64%) Intelligent Automation
8 8 (9.64%) Product Vision
8 8 (9.64%) Resource Allocation
8 8 (9.64%) SDLC
9 7 (8.43%) Design Patterns
10 6 (7.23%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 83 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (22.89%) C++
3 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
4 10 (12.05%) SQL
5 1 (1.20%) C#
5 1 (1.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 10 (12.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Terraform
2 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.41%) Foundry
3 1 (1.20%) Databricks